| 单词 | magic hour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmagic hour magic hour n. Photography and Cinematography a period of time just before sunrise or after sunset, or just after sunrise or before sunset, when the light takes on a soft diffuse glow which is optimal for creating atmospheric images.Sometimes used with particular reference to either the blue hour or (more usually) the golden hour (see blue hour n., golden hour n. (b) at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2a), but generally considered to be a less precise term than these. ΚΠ 1956 Amer. Cinematographer Dec. 742/2 In studio parlance, we call it the ‘magic hour’—that period when there is enough overall light for a basic exposure, yet not enough to minimize the effect of the lights in the windows, street lamps, etc. 1980 N.Y. Times 17 June c2/5 The softening of the afternoon shadows into what filmmakers call the magic hour. 1990 S. Lee Mo' Better Blues 93 We made a company move..to the Brooklyn Bridge to get a shot of Indigo and Bleek walking across at sunset, known as ‘magic hour’ in film terminology because it doesn't last long. 2013 N.Y. Mag. (Nexis) 15 Apr. 1/1 Marina gives the camera..a come-hither look and half-dances, arms in the air, toward the sunset (or sunrise—what cinematographers call the ‘magic hour’). < as lemmas |
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